Support of the Duke University Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History

该奖项为杜克大学灵长类中心(DUPC)提供了部分核心支持。DUPC拥有世界上最大和最多样化的原猴灵长类动物集合，被公认为原猴研究和对话的焦点。DUPC同时作为一个研究资源，向地方、区域、国家和国际层面的科学家提供动物、组织和血液样本。总计65英亩的自然栖息地围栏(NHE)加强了行为研究。内部研究由来自当地、国家和国际机构的教师、工作人员、访问科学家和博士后研究人员进行。近些年来，对原猴的研究在范围、强度和复杂性方面不断增加，现已成为灵长类动物学中最活跃和最令人兴奋的领域之一。然而，灵长类灵长类不是一种可再生资源。野生捕获的原猴的进口量有所下降，但马达加斯加政府特别支持DUPC濒危原猴物种种群的多样性。为了支持对这一重要而鲜为人知的灵长类群体的持续研究，圈养繁殖原猴已成为必要。DUPC是世界上唯一专门研究原猴的与大学有关的研究机构。

This awards provides a portion of the core support for the Duke University Primate Center (DUPC). The DUPC houses the largest and most diverse collection of prosimian primates in the world and is recognized as a focal point for prosimian research and conversation. The DUPC concurrently operates as a research resource providing animals, tissues and blood samples to scientists on a local, regional, national and international level. Behavioral research is enhanced by Natural Habitat Enclosures (NHE) totaling 65 acres. In-house research is conducted by faculty, staff members, visiting scientists, and post-doctoral researchers from local, national, and international institutions. Research on prosimians has continued to increase during recent years in scope, intensity and sophistication, and is now one of the most active and exciting fields of primatogy. However, prosimian primates are not a renewable resource. Importation of wild-caught prosimians has declined, but the Malagasy government has uniquely supported the need to diversity the DUPC's population of endangered prosimian species. The captive propagation of prosimians has become a necessity in order to support continued research on this important and little-known group of primates. The DUPC is the only university-related research facility in the world devoted exclusively to the study of prosimians.